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Burnaby Lake flooding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35571
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1932 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph taken the year of the big flood. Burnaby Lake rose and inundated Sperling Avenue, forcing people to canoe or boat along the avenue.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1932 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-429
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph taken the year of the big flood. Burnaby Lake rose and inundated Sperling Avenue, forcing people to canoe or boat along the avenue.
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Boating
Natural Phenomena - Floods
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Sperling Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Less detail

Picken family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35468
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1931 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Picken family home, "Aintree" by the Brunette River, with the mailing address of 2600 Cariboo Road, R.R. 2, New Westminster. The number was later changed to 6825 Cariboo Road, and the mail redirected through Burnaby. The Picken family consisted of Stanley B. Picken (dam keeper …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1931 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-326
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Picken family home, "Aintree" by the Brunette River, with the mailing address of 2600 Cariboo Road, R.R. 2, New Westminster. The number was later changed to 6825 Cariboo Road, and the mail redirected through Burnaby. The Picken family consisted of Stanley B. Picken (dam keeper on the Brunette River), his wife Isabel Picken (formerly Isabel Ponton) and their children.
Subjects
Structures - Bridges
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Cariboo Road
Street Address
6825 Cariboo Road
Historic Neighbourhood
Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Less detail